US 11,996,570 B2
Battery casing assembly and battery having the same
Wu Ma, Ningde (CN); GuoWen Zhang, Ningde (CN); Peipei Guo, Ningde (CN); and Liqing Lin, Ningde (CN)
Assigned to NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LTD, Ningde (CN)
Appl. No. 16/637,834
Filed by Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd., Ningde (CN)
PCT Filed Jan. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/071208
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 10, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/068436, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 201910960386.3 (CN), filed on Oct. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0408627 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H01M 50/181 (2021.01); H01M 50/109 (2021.01); H01M 50/547 (2021.01); H01M 50/559 (2021.01); H01M 50/588 (2021.01); H01M 50/593 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/181 (2021.01) [H01M 50/109 (2021.01); H01M 50/547 (2021.01); H01M 50/559 (2021.01); H01M 50/588 (2021.01); H01M 50/593 (2021.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery comprising:
a battery cell; and
a battery casing assembly for receiving the battery cell;
wherein the battery casing assembly comprises:
a first casing plate made of a conductive material; and
a terminal post for electrically connecting to the battery cell;
wherein
the first casing plate comprises a first casing portion and a second casing portion, the first casing portion protrudes from the second casing portion by a distance H to form a receiving space;
the terminal post is fixed to the first casing portion through an opening of the first casing portion;
the terminal post comprises a first terminal plate and a second terminal plate, the second terminal plate is positioned outside of the receiving space, and the first terminal plate is positioned inside of the receiving space; and
a bottom surface of the first terminal plate is spaced apart from a plane defined by an inner surface of the second casing portion by a distance h, the bottom surface of the first terminal plate being the surface of the first terminal plate facing the battery cell, and the inner surface of the second casing portion being the surface of the second casing portion facing the battery cell; and 0<h<H.